Roll paper dispenser



Jan. 21, 1930. T. L. YOUNG ROLL PAPER DISPENSER Filed Aug. 8, 1927 [9. 33111mm Thomas L. Young Patented Jan. 21, 1930 UNITED STATES THOMAS L.YOUNG, OF sne'r'rtu, wesnnvetron ROLL PAPER Application filed August 8,1927. fierial No. 211,564.

The invention is a coin control machine for dispensing sheets of paperof predeter' mined lengths from a roll.

The object of the invention is to provide a machine for dispensingpredetermined lengths of paper or the like which may be manuallyoperated and which may be re leased by a coin so that it will dispenseone length of paper only, by one coin.

Another object of the invention is to provide a dispensing apparatuswhich is normally locked and which may be released to dispense apredetermined length of paper by inserting a coin therein.

A further object of the invention is to provide a dispensing apparatuswhich may be operated only after a coin has been inserted and which maycontinue to be operated until a predetermined amount of material haspassed therethrough after which it will auto-- matically look.

And a still further object of the invention is to provide a manualcontrol dispensing apparatus which is of a simple and econom- 5 ical.construction.

WVith these ends in view the invention embodies a roller upon which aroll of paper may be mounted, feed rollers for feeding the paper fromthe roll, gears cooperating with the said feed rollers and operable by acrank, and suitable locking means for the said gears which may bereleased by inserting a coin in the device.

Other features and advantages of the in- Vention will be seen from thefollowing description taken in connection with the drawings wherein,

Figure 1 is a view looking at one end of the device with the end plateomitted and showing the operating gears in the locked position.

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the operating gears released and thelocking means in the position at which the coin is released.

Figure 8 is a front view of the device with part of one end broken awayto show the location of the operating device.

In the drawings the device is shown as it would be made wherein numeral1 inclicates a roll of paper, numeral 2 the main of the casing. Thepaper from the roll passes 1 downward between twofeed rollers 6 and 7 asshown. One ofthese rollers may be made 'of metal with small corrugationsin the surface as shown in Figure 2 and the other may be made of wood orany other suitable material. these rollers may be made of any othersuitable material and theirsurfaces formed in any suitable manner sothat they will grip and feed the paper. The roller .7'is mounted upon ashaft 8 in a slotted hole 9 and is resiliently "held against the roller6 by a spring 10 as shown. The roller 6 is mounted upon a shaft 11 andat oneend of this shaft is a crank 12 by whichthe roller may be rotated.gear 13 that meshes with the gear 12.

main operating The gear 2 is rotatably mounted on a pin 14 and isprovided with a lug 15 as shown. It.

will be observed that the lug 15 engages the end of a lever 16 which ispivotally mounted on a pin 17 and which extends into the coin chute 3';The lever 16 is alsoheld by a connecting arm 18 through a pin 19 in aslotted opening 20 the arm and the opposite end of the arm is pivotallyconnected to the main gear 2 through a pin 21. It will be observed thatas a coin in the chute engages the end of the lever 16 it will move thisend of the lever downward to position shown in dotted lines in Figure '1and move'the opposite end of the lever upward so that it will be abovethe lug 15 so that the gear 2 may rotate in a counterclockwise directionand may therefore be It is also understood that either of This shaftllis provided with a rotated by the crank. As the gear continues to Itis understood that changes may be made in the construction withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention. One of which changes may bein the general design or arrangement of the casing, another may be inthe use of other means for feeding the paper, another may be in the useof other means for controlling the feeding means and still another maybe in the use of other means for locking the said controlling means.

The construction will be readily understood from the foregoingdescription. To use the device it may be provided as shown and it willbe observed that normally it will be impossible to operate the crank 12to turn the device in either direction, however when a coin is placed inthe chute 3 it will raise the inner end of the lever 16 and therebyrelease the lug 15 so that the crank may be turned in a clockwisedirection to dispense the paper. As the device continues to be operatethe arm 18 will raise the end of the lever 16 to release the coin andthen as the operation is continued the arm 18 will move downward to theosition shown in Figure 1 and the lug 18 wil engage the end of the lever16 so that the device will again assume a locked position.

Havin thus fully described the invention what I c aim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is:

In a device of the class described, a coin chute, a pivotally mountedhorizontal lever with one end extending into the coin chute, said endextending into the chute adaptable to engage and hold a coin passingthrough the said chute and adaptable to be moved slightly downward bythe weight of the coin, a

gear, a shaft upon which the said gear is mounted, a lever eccentricallyattached to the said gear and having a slotted opening through which itis attached to the horizontal lever, said lever being adaptable to raisethe horizontal lever and release the coin as the gear is rotated, a stopon the said gear adaptable to engage the end of the said horizontallever, a pawl adaptable to engage the teeth of the said gear to preventits rotating in a reverse direction, a suitable casing, and means forrotating the said gear from the outside of the casin In testlmonywhereof I afiix n1 signature.

THOMAS L. OUNG.

